Program: Ocean Engineering BS Semester Guide - University of Southern Mississippi - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 01, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Freshman

1st semester (16 hours)

ENG 101 - Composition One 3 hrs.
MAT 167 - Calculus I with Analytic Geometry 3 hrs.
OE 210 - Introduction to Ocean Engineering 3 hrs.
MAR 210 - The Oceans 3 hrs.
CSC 101 - Computer Science I 3 hrs.
CSC 101L - Computer Science I Laboratory 1 hr.

2nd semester (15 hours)

ENG 102 - Composition Two 3 hrs.
OE 227 - Ocean Engineering Computer Methods 3 hrs.
MAT 168 - Calculus II with Analytic Geometry 3 hrs.
CSC 102 - Computer Science II 3 hrs.

Select 1:

Sophomore

1st semester (18 hours)

PHY 201 - General Physics I with Calculus 4 hrs.
PHY 201L - General Physics I with Calculus Laboratory 1 hr.
MAT 169 - Calculus III with Analytic Geometry 3 hrs.
OE 321 - Coastal Engineering and Nearshore Processes 3 hrs.
ENG 203 - World Literature 3 hrs.
CHE 106 - General Chemistry I 3 hrs.
CHE 106L - General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 hr.

Select 1:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
HHS 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

2nd semester (18 hours)

Junior

1st semester (17 hours)

MAT 285 - Introduction to Differential Equations I 3 hrs.
PHY 350 - Mechanics I 3 hrs.
MAR 366 - Ocean Acoustics 3 hrs.
MAR 366L - Ocean Acoustics Laboratory 1 hr.
OE 417 - Engineering Ethics and Safety Culture 3 hrs.
OE 489 - Ocean Engineering Seminar 1 hr.

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HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs.
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
PHI 151 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs.
PHI 171 - Ethics and Good Living 3 hrs.
REL 131 - Comparative Religion 3 hrs.

2nd semester (16 hours)

Select 1 course not selected in GEC 03:

HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs.
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
PHI 151 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs.
PHI 171 - Ethics and Good Living 3 hrs.
REL 131 - Comparative Religion 3 hrs.

Select 1 course not selected in GEC 05:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
HHS 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

Senior

1st semester (14 hours)

OE 391 - Ocean Engineering Research Internship 1 hr.
OE 493 - Ocean Engineering Projects & Design 4 hrs.
IET 390 - Engineering Economics 3 hrs.
Program Elective 3 hrs.
Program Elective (Engineering) 3 hrs.

2nd semester (14 hours)

OE 497 - Ocean Engineering Capstone 1 hr.
OE 493 - Ocean Engineering Projects & Design 4 hrs.
Program Elective 3 hrs.
Program Elective 3 hrs.
Program Elective (Engineering) 3 hrs.